Railway-tie and fastener.



A. C. CANDLAND. RAILWAY TIE AND FASTBNER.

APPLIUATION FILED mu 6, 1012.

1,031,981 PatentefiJuly 9, 1912.

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ARTHUR C. CANDLAND, OF PROVO, UTAH.

RAILVTAY-TIE AND FASiTENER.

To all w/zom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. CAND- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Provo city, in the county of Utah and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to metal railway ties, and fasteners therefor, and has for its ob ject to provide an economical and serviceable tie on which the rails can be securely fastened and on which said fastening means are locked.

A further object is to supply under the rail the cushioned effect desired and to reinforce said cushioning means by a locking tie plate.

These objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of one portion of the tie as cut and before it is bent into shape. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the other end portion of the tie after it is bent into form. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a portion of one end of the tie with a part of a rail secured thereon with my fastening means. Fig. 1 is a vertical section on line as as of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one end of the tie with a portion of a rail there on, showing the tie plate in place on one side and partially in place on the other side, parts cut away. Fig. 6 is a View in perspective of one of the tie plates. Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of one of the spikes.

My tie is cut from a sheet of metal with port-ions of the sides slit as at 4. Said metal is then bent to form an upturned open channel 1 having inwardly extended lugs 3 on the upper edges of parts of the sides 2 of said channel. Within each end port-ion of said channel 1 is placed a cushion block 5 made of wood, fibrous material or other rail supporting substance, which will supply under the rail a cushion support. Tie plates likewise cut from sheet metal are then bentinto form having a vertical portion 6, adapted to fit transversely within the said channel 1 and adjacent the said blocks 5 and having another triangular portion 7 bent, at practically right angles to the part 6 and provided with openings 8 and 9 therein. Each of said openings 8 consists of a rectangular Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 6, 1912.

Patented Jelly Q, 1912.

Serial No. 695,561.

hole having a square hole 8 connected therewith. When the ties are placed on the road bed the blocks 5 are placed within said channel 1, one in each end thereof, and adjacent the said lugs 3. Each of said blocks is of av height sufficient to permit the portion 7 of the tie plate being inserted between said blocks and said lugs The said lugs 3 hold the said cushion plates 5 and tie plates from vertical displacement. Ballast placed within the said channel 1 and between the said blocks 5 vill prevent the tie from lateral movement on the road bed. The rails A are then placed on said tie plates and within the openings in the sides of. said channel 1. Said openings are formed in the sides by bending inwardly the said lugs 3. Said tie plates are at first not secured but are inserted between said blocks 5 and said rail A. with the said openings 8 at the outer edges of the base fiange of the rail. One of the spikes 10 is then driven through said hole 8 into said block 5 with the head of said spike engaging the base flange of said rail. Said spike 10 has shoulders 11 formed. on the sides thereof and is to be driven into said block until said shoulders 11 are level with the top of the block. One of said tie plates is then driven laterally under said rail and the portion 8 of said hole will engage the said shoulders 11 of the spike. Another spike is then driven through the said hole 9 into said block 5 with the head of the spike in gripping contact with the other side of the base flange of said rail. The other tie plate is then driven laterally between the said bloc: 5 and the rail A until the hole 8 engages the shoulders 11 of the spike 10 and another spike is then driven through the hole 9 and into said block 5 with its head in gripping contact with the other side of the base flange of said rail. The angled edges of the two tie plates will then be contiguous and the members in position as shown in Fig. 3. The said spikes within the holes 8 are held within the said blocks 5 at the shoulders 11 thereof engaging the under side of said tie plates, and the tie plates are held from lateral movement by the spikes in the holes 9 and from upward movement by the said lugs 3. If at any time it should be desirable to remove the rail from the tie the spikes 9 may be drawn and the tie plates driven outwardly or away from the said rail A until the spikes are within the holes 8. In that position the said spikes in the holes 8 maybe drawn and the rail removed.

Having thus descril oed my invention I de sire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:

1. A device of the class described consisting of a sheet of metal cut and bent to form an upturned channel having open cuts in the sides; inwardly extended lugs integrally formed therein; rail cushioning blocks in said channel adjacent said lugs; tie plates having openings therein and adapted to be inserted between said blocks and said lugs; a vertical portion integral with said tie .plates placed adjacent said blocks; and

spikes driven through said openings in said tie plates and into said blocks having heads thereon adapted to contact with the base flange of a rail placed on said tie plates.

2. A device of the class described consisting of a sheet of metal cut and bent to form an upturned channel having open cuts in the sides; integral inwardly extended lugs in said channel; rail cushioning blocks in said channels adjac at said lugs; triangular tie plates having openings therein and adapted to be driven between said blocks and said lugs; a vertical portion of each of said tie plates adjacent said blocks; and spikes having shoulders thereon driven through said openings in said tie plates and into said blocks adapted to grip the base flange of a rail placed on said tie plates.

A device of the class described consisting of a sheet of metal cut and bent to form an upturned channel having cuts in the sides; inwardly extended lugs integrally formed from the sides of said channel; rail cushioning blocks in said channel adjacent said lugs; triangular tie plates each having an opening therein with a narrower opening in one side; and with another spike opening near the point thereof; and spikes driven through said holes, one of said spikes having shoulders thereon adapted to en gage the said tie plate when driven with the head in gripping contact with a rail placed on said tie plates.

4-. In combination with the inwardly extended lugs of a metal channel, of rail supporting blocks adjacent said lugs; tie plates supporting a rail and placed on said blocks and each having spike holes therein one of said holes being extended laterally to engage a spike when said tie plate has been moved longitudinally; and spikes adapted to be driven through said holes in said tie plates and into said blocks, one of said spikes having shoulders thereon adapted to engage the bottom of said tie plate.

5. In combination with inwardly extended lugs of a metal tie of channel shape, of rail supporting blocks adjacent said lugs; tie plates having one portion cut triangular in shape and provided with spike holes therein one of said holes being enlarged on one side adapted to hold a spike when said tie plate has been moved longitudinally; and spikes driven through said holes and into said blocks and adapted to engage said tie plates.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR C. CANDL AND.

lVitnesses SAM. Rnnny, WV. R. WILLIAMS.

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